The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-23

Believing In Progression in Social and Polit-
Matters.

Believing In Progression in Social and Polit-
ical Matters
The Rev Myron w. Reed, of this city, who
has been prominently mentioned in relation to
the vacant pulpit Of Henry Ward Beechers
church in Brooklyn, is an active strong, vigor-
GUS man. about forty years old. He is deep
thinker and forcbe talker In his ministraSions
both in this city, Milwaukee. Wis, and Indian
apolis Ind, where he filed the pulpit once occu-
pied by Mr.. Beecher, he has been remarkably
successful He Is preacher who believes IN
progression not only in religion but IN social and
political matters as we'll. de Is leader In this
city, and has taken a great interest In politics.
Mr.. Reed is an enthusiastic American. Quota
tons from his last Fourth of July grafton, upon
that and kindred topics. may be OF interest at
this time:
'.All men who believe that governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent OF the
governed, who believe that resistance TO
tyrants is obedience to God, are Americans.
Any man who says Il will not have anything
which another cannot have on equal terms is an
American. State lines and sweeping waters do
not divide them-it separation of thought.
Place of birth decides little. l know native
Americans who cannot treat any man as an
equal They either look up or down at men;
they never look level. They do not like the
principles of the Declaration of Independence.
The document is subversve and dangerous to
vested rights. They are nervous at the men
ton of a gun in the hands of q citizen Some OF
these native born snobs and lackeys are too nice
to vote. We hear them talking about the ques-
ton, who is the first lady In this countryF
There no nrSt lazy In this county. LII Is bnlS
class of people, born at the wrong time and in
the wrong place. that want 'astroDg government
Once, if sheriff could not keep order. the Gov
ernor called out the miitiaAof the State. If the
State could not keep order it called the gem
eral government The powerful enemies of our
flag are not found in alleys and back streets
They are the people inside of the Fidelity banks
and all the army of criminals who gamble with
the food of the public / call them criminals
because Blackstone defines them as such. This
cry for stronger government is always the cry
of some oppressor who is afraid 1t is the cry OF
a nitrate who desires to devastate the sea and be
let alone 1t is the cry of corporatlon-the
creation of the state-which desires so soon to
forget its creator. There are Americans IN Rus
STA: and Ireland, except it be In and about Bel
fast is full of them. l will also except here ana
there a landlord who may be In the interior OF
Ireland night on a hurried visit to his es-
tate to see why in the name of Oliver
Cromwell the rents not coming H.
[ have seen native Americans VINO nave
a sneaking regret that Thomas jefferson d.d not
die while teething They would like TO hex the
boots of somebody; they would dearly ike 10
have somebody lick their boots. am not at all
sensitive the late Jubilee of the Queen-the
Fourth of July is still a greater thing. An
Fourth OF July requires all outdoors. IL is the
kind of a thing that cannot be got into a build
Ing. L1Ke Henry George l 40 not believe IN
making this country the dumping ground for
the criminals and paupers of Europe. There IS
better use for our vacant land than to cover II
deep with the old boots ana empty cans OF the
old world. We made fair beginning by shut
ting out the Chinese: but why did we stop theref
All the reasons for shutting them out, and more.
are reasons for shutting out a class OF people
not so innocent and not nearly so industrious
useful as they are"